Pencil holder and sharpener



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H. A. VEAZIE.

PENCIL HOLDER AND SHARPBNHR.

No; 552,020. Patented Dec. 24, 1895.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. VEAZIE, OF NEWV ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

PE NClL HOLDER ANlj SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 552,020, dated December 24, 1895.

Application filed $eptember 3,1895. Serial No. 561,319. on. model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. VEAZIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pencil Holders and Sharpeners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in pencil holders and sharpeners, and it is designed more particularly as an improvement upon the pencil holder and sharpener disclosed in my Letters Patent No. 521,744, bearing date June 19, 1894.

The novelty and advantages of my present invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal central section of my improved holder and sharpener. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged transverse sections taken in the planes indicated by the lines a: w and 'J y, respectively, of Fig. 2.- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the emery orabrasive-material holder, and Fig. 6 is a transverse section illustrating a modification.

Referring by letter to said drawings and more particularly to Figs. 1 to 5 thereof, Aindicates a tube, which is preferably formed in any suitable manner, of metal, such as steel or brass. This tube is of sufficient length and diameter and is designed to receive and hold a rubber B at one end and a pencil at its other end, and is provided with guides for the pencil when the same is inserted to be sharpened, a knife for cutting the wood of the pencil, and two jaws adapted to receive the lead of the pencil between them and sharpen the same.

The guides O are preferably of U shape in cross-section and they are arranged as shown and connected to the tube A by soldering or in any other suitable manner. These guides O, of which there are preferably three employed,as better shown in Fig.4, form the cone D (see Fig. 1) for the reception of the sharpened end of the pencil. This manner of forming the cone is exceedingly cheap and simple,

and when formed the cone is strong and dura ble and is not liable to be broken or damaged by the usage to which pencil-sharpeners are ordinarily subjected.

Between two of the guides C, as better shown in Figs. 1 and 4, is arranged the knifeholder E and the knife F, which has its outting-edge arranged in alignment with the wall of the cone-receiver D, so as to enable it to properly shape the wood portion of the pencil. The knife-holder E is formed,as better shown in Fig. 4, so as to form the seat a for the knife and it is connected by solder or other suitable means to the tube A, which is provided with the outlet 1) for the cuttings, as illustrated.

The knife E may be removably secured in the holder, as shown, or in any other suitable manner.

Arranged in advance of the cone D, or between said cone and the rubber B, are the jaws G, which are adapted to receive the lead point of a pencil between them and sharpen the same. These jaws might be formed separate from and connected to the tube A in any suitable manner; but I prefer to form them by cutting the piece of metal of which the tube is formed at opposite points and bending the out portions inwardly, as shown, as this forms openings 0 in opposite sides of the tube for the escape of the lead filings. Said jaws G may also be adapted in any suitable manner to sharpen the lead point of the pencil, but I prefer to face them with pieces of emery d or other suitable abrasive material. These pieces of emery cl are connected to loops f,and the said loops are designed to receive the jaws G, which have the struck-up portions g, designed to engage the inner loops f, and thereby hold the pieces of emery in position on the inner sides of the jaws. This construction, as will be readily observed, serves to hold the pieces of emery securely upon the jaws and in such a position as to enable said jaws to quickly sharpen a pencil-point when the same is turned or rotated between them.

When not in use my improved holder and sharpener is mounted upon the upper blunt end of a pencil in the usual manner so as to permit of the rubber eraser B being conveniently used in the usual manner. When it is desired to sharpen a pencil, the holder and sharpener is removed from the upper end of the pencil and while it is held in one hand by the operator the lower pointed end of the penoil is introduced into it and pushed well into the cone D. The pencil is then turned and pressed into the cone while the sharpener is held stationary, when the knife Fwill cut the wood portion of the pencil away and properly shape the same while the contiguous abrasive faces of the jaws G will grind the lead to a point, the grindings and cuttings escaping from the sharpener through the holes 0 b, which, as before described, are provided for that purpose.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have shown a modified construction, which is similarto that shown in Fig. 4, except that the knife-holder E is dispensed with and the knife F is connected by solder or in any other suitable man= ner to the tube.

It will be observed from the foregoing that but little metal and labor are required to m ake my improved pencil sharpener, and that therefore it may be produced cheaply and sold at a profit for a small price.

It will also be observed that the device is light and very cfficient, and that it embodies no parts which are likely to get out of order when subjected to the usage to which pencil holders and sharpeners are ordinarily subj ected.

Having described my invention, what I claim is* 1. A pencil sharpener comprising a tube having at an intermediate point of its length a slotted cone which lies within the tube, a knife having its cutting edge extending within the cone and jaws arranged in advance of the cone within the tube and formed out of the same piece of material as the tube and having contiguous abrasive faces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A pencil sharpener comprising a tube having a slotted cone, a knife having its cut-- ting edge extending within the cone, jaws arranged in advance of the cone and having the struck up portions g, and pieces of abrasive material having loops adapted to receive the jaws and be engaged by the struck-up portions 9 thereof, substantially as specified.

3. A pencil holder and sharpener comprising a tube having the guides O, forming a cone and also having an opening in said cone, a knife having its cutting edge extending within the cone, and jaws struck from the tube so as to form openings 0 therein; said jaws being arranged in advance of the cone and provided with contiguous abrasive faces, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix. my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. VEAZIE. \Vitnesses F. J. ALEISE, PETER SKINNER. 

